ah ah ah ah, this is data, but you news live from berlin. russian force is ramp up a tax on eastern ukraine, the governor of lou, hans says everything that can burn is on fire. as russian missiles, rain down ukrainian fighters are still holding out a chemical plant and severe on yet also coming up or for the reports of fresh

atrocities, any feel be i've put the civil war there. back in the spotlight. w news visits, a town ravaged by ethnic finding in the countries north when we traumatized residents and here of others being held in a camp under in humane condition. germany's document to art show is to remove a giant artwork condemned for its anti semitic imagery. ah, i'm to cough really welcome to the program. chilling words from the low hundreds region governor. everything that can burn is on fire. around 95 percent of that region is now under russian control to be done yet is a focus of the attack. made fierce fighting ukrainian forces say they have held a chemical plant in the city, we're about 5 of 100 civilians are thought to be sheltering. the lo hunter,

governor, has also warned that russia is preparing an even bigger offensive in the region while despite the relentless onslaught ukrainian president volota, maria zalinski remained defiant in his nightly address to the nation. yuk, yeah, he put a bunch of russia. russia is very nervous about our activity, small still, there's be more shelling of how keith and odessa to have be more brutal of salts. and the don bus says, this is an evil. i can only be defeated on the battlefield session. we're defending losing chance, and civic, or netscape only. this whole region is the most difficult. sure. but these are the hardest fights. earlier i spoke to d w, a correspondent emmanuel shars, who was in care of and i asked her whether ukraine could still turn things around as russia, titans, the news and the east. well, exactly. nicole or russia is or throwing in all of its reserves in or what is

expected by, by the ukrainian armed forces to be this size is battles for a follow hands for donors, for this entire don bass region, which russian troops have sought to, to conquer. a over the past 4 months, a bit of a breaking news here with her who is finally d, arrival of how it says how it says that were promised by germany and our to ukraine was asking for 4 months now. they are there have finally arrived. it has been announced by ukraine's defense minister alexey lisney. cough. he said that he really appreciated all the efforts of his colleague and the german defense minister christine lamb, breast in support of ukraine and defiantly as well. he said, our artillery men will bring the heat to the battlefield. so heavy weapons that had been asked for for months now by ukraine finally on the ukrainian territory with the army. or did you create an army that was awaiting those weapons to finally

respond in kind to the russian troops. now we talk about military ede and military advances, but of course we can't forget about the human toll of it all. what do we know about the feet of the civilians trapped in the epicenter of the fighting? well for example, you were mentioning several done yes as a chemical plant there the other chemical plant where it is believed to be between $3600.00 civilians chopped there, including dozens of children. we find ourselves in a situation that we are savvy already know of was the as of style as steel plowed in matter. you ball where civilians are trapped. also people in said that are done yes. get done. have any news to get out of the city because all the bridges have been destroyed as well as the main highway leading to the city. so no way out and also no way in for supplies. electricity is cut off. water supplies are cut off, not only dare, but in many, many places in the eastern part of the country,

which are currently occupied by the russian aggression. and you yourself spent the past the last couple of days visiting the keys suburbs, some of them associated with, with the worst worth of the russian aggression, namely european hostile mail. can you tell us a bit about what you saw there? well i for one, it was a very impressive to see the extent of the destruction or with my own eyes. it's one thing to see reports. and also for a journalist then it's another to be on the field and to see at the amount of the destruction are to us to see that even 2 months after her, after russian troops retired, retreated from those places. well, they are still, there's just so much things to be repaired, so many windows that are broken so many houses that are still not arbiter bell any more. and of course the sufferings of the people is still there very much there to see. very impressive. see no devastation around keith as well. d w responded emma

shars and keep many things and he has a round of other stories related to the war were following for you. and the sour, moscow says it will retaliate against lithuania as decision to halt rail transit. to and from the russian enclave of colleen and grub. the area is wedged between nato members, lithuania and poland. cleaning drug goods are subject to ease sanctions against russia. lithuania says its decision is in compliance with the embargo and russian president vladimir putin has dialed up the rhetoric on his war in ukraine, another not without mentioning ukraine. directly fulton said in a speech on tuesday that russia's newly tested nuclear capable ballistic missile system, known as sar matt would be ready for deployment on the end of the year. usually moving on to east africa now where the death toll from a massacre and ethiopia, or

a me or region has risen to at least 260 officials said rebels targeted ethnic. i'm hora villagers, it's the latest atrocity in ethiopia were a civil war that began in the northern t cry region has been raging for nearly 2 years. government forces are trying to oust the t cry. people's liberation front from its strong hold there. but the war has spilled over into other parts of the country, leaving thousands dead and millions displaced. dw corresponded. mario mila visited a town on the border of the teak by region that has been shattered. i ethnic violence, deserted and destroyed in december last year to grind, fight us loyal to the te gray people to liberation front or t p. f. attack the buddha town of alba and they left their mark. abala used to have a mixed population of ethnic to grinds and afar in the days leading up to the to be life attack. witnesses tellers. fighting had already broken out along ethnic lines

between afar residence a far militia and local to grains, causing many to leave. as you can see, the destruction is systematic. every house on this road has been damaged. the da grain fighters went from door to door, looted and damaged everything they could find was to he has sent the mayor of abala has since returned together with armed men. an attempt to reinstate some sense of security on the cylinder cabanas at 8 o'clock, the shelling was relentless from all like rain in more than 225 people died in what all gone. they killed the elderly in their homes and others while they were escaping. good mother followed them as a shortness was those and killed them on the normally in the market. they also raved several women. he says, the t p l f and the government declared a ceasefire. it's fragile, but it's been in for since march in late april t,

p l f i t as withdrew from a balla and other territories in the afar region. little allowing 8 convoys into the t gray region. but a palace may r t i s n says the t p a laugh never really left a father less than a long way say we're fully withdrawn from a thought level, but they haven't really fully left of level the hill that you see there are there up there now don't scale, come back once. they have received enough food aid as a warrant. they had enough of it. they will use it that a war jojo looked at a nearby cemetery. we meet mohammed to sane. a local health official who has helped very close to 60 bodies. among them were several children, he tells us. but alan capital, i have a heavy heart and glares manager. i am lost for words by them made this has left a scar in my life. if i'll and i'll never forget this over to madison, but it's not just lives that have been lost. local infrastructure lies in ruins as well. citizens vocal that they destroyed the hospital with everything that's useful

. the x ray machine, the chem lab, and the laboratory i was, they took everything and they broke the rest of the, the written code. the fighting has caused a rift between the 2 communities. both now accused each other of massacres, destruction, and looting. we found signs of t p laugh actions, but to grind witnesses also made claims of a foreign militia aggressions. they say they're targeted and killed several to ground residence before transporting several 1000 to the regional capital samarra. the head of the u. n. h. c r. 's field office in samarra confirmed that around 8000 people have been held at a government run camp meant to accommodate about 1500 people this on ah, national and international standards that she wrote. that's that, that she would be living on living human conditions. he says, among those detained are about 1200 children, many suffering from malnourishment. we tried to gain access to the camp,

but were denied by local authorities who also refused to grant us interviews. we did, however, manage to hear from one of the people in the camp. he sent us these pictures. he told us via fawn that people are suffering from diseases like scabies, diarrhea, and pneumonia. that there is not enough food and no medical care. he says 70 people, including 5 children, have diet since december due to lack of medicines and food. no one knows when the border towns residence will return. or if they will ever get to call a balla their home again. i'll get you up to speed with some other stories making headlines at the sour in south africa residents of johannesburg. so they towed township have held a noisy but peaceful protest at the city mayor's office, to demand better services for their district once a byword for the inequalities of apartheid. they called for an end to power costs,

as well as for a better drinking water and cemetery provisions. nearly half a 1000000 people have been evacuated in southern china as the heaviest rains and decades to read havoc. red alert warnings were issued on tuesday with 4 casters predicting more heavy downpours. last summer, catastrophic flooding and central china killed almost 400 people. and 4 footballers on the spanish women's team have tested positive for corona virus. the squad had been training together ahead of next month's european championship. and now the quartets are having to isolate as cases rise across europe. are renowned german art show is removing one of the works on display over its anti semitic content. the controversy around the piece has overshadowed the opening of the documentary on modern art exhibition, which has held every 5 years in the city of castle officials and organizers have

condemned the work in question a giant banner using anti semitic stereotypes to portray jewish israelis. this is the image that is causing widespread controversy, a hooked nose fangs on blood shot eyes paired with the site. carls traditionally warned by ultra orthodox jews. the image is part of a work of art. by the indonesian collective tart, p a t i. it took center stage at the document to holland castle. jesus field him does is he had ski, it least illustration clearly has anti semitic imagery, protection against anti semitism, as well as protection against racism and any form of misanthropy of fundamental human values. long and if those values aren't respected, then the freedom of expression in art has its limitations. const fired isla gunther in the same work of art, a man with a pigs noses depicted as a member of masada, the israeli foreign intelligence service. this too is an anti semitic stereotype.

the israeli embassy reacted by tweeting documentary promotes global style propaganda. mary mandel is the director of the anne frank educational center. he's equally appalled and demands that the artwork be removed from our dealership. we also need to question exactly how such a picture was created in the 1st place, and then how it was allowed such a prominent place in the exhibition or the enzyme hold manenda dots in there. i watched him in the lower part of the artwork, or depictions of massacres and genocides. the holocaust is notably missing. the central council of jews has been highly critical of this. they said document as organisers guaranteed, there would be nothing anti semitic in this year's exhibition. clearly the organizers have failed when it comes to the topic of anti semitism. the exhibition has denied any connection with anti semitism and apologize for any hurts caused. and the u. k. people have gathered at the prehistoric stonehenge monument to mark

the longest day of the year and the northern hemisphere. thousands of druids, pagans, of new age revelers greeted the dawn at the ancient stone circle to celebrate the summer solstice. it was the 1st time they were allowed to gather in 3 years due to pandemic restrictions on june 21st. every year the sun rises behind the largest stone in the circle. you can see it there, which is build some 5000 years ago. and that's our time i'm nichol for lee. thank you so much for a company. ah stay informed lou, lou and de ma'am podcast and language courses in video and audio.